Auckland City Council
Supercity not so super after all, says Carter
The proposed Auckland supercity won’t be as powerful as Franklin residents fear, according to Associate Local Government Minister John Carter.
Carter told a packed public meeting in Pukekohe that residents need not be afraid of having their voices drowned out if Franklin were to become part of Auckland City Council.
“[The mayor] will have no [...]
Footpath advertising ‘hypocritical’, says artist
Footpath advertisements around the Auckland CBD are ineffectual and contravene Auckland City’s own bylaws, says Mt Albert artist Jimi O’Connor.
“I’m all for the council embracing a medium that’s not only prevalent but popular.
“However I see them as hypocritical, and stylistically rubbish.
“They are ineffective at communicating the message from the design,” he says.
Auckland City has [...]
Balmoral food-fight goes before consent hearing
The ongoing fight between a group of community activists in Mt Albert and a fast-food giant is scheduled to take another turn, with both sides planning to attend a hearing set down for June 8.
The eight-day resource consent hearing is the latest chapter in a conflict that began two years ago, when McDonald’s announced [...]
Tunnel battle rages on
Should the Albert Park Tunnels be opened to the public? Does the cost outweigh the benefits? Should we turn them into a tourist playground with grotto glow worm caves and black water rafting, or convert them into a museum? And so the list goes on. But with the Auckland City Council deciding they will never [...]
Auckland should re-think its $1.9 million war on graffiti
Auckland’s $1.9 million budget to eradicate graffiti each year is being wasted, say two people who deal with graffiti on a daily basis.
Twenty-three-year-old graffiti artist Shane Regan, owner of urban magazine Quarterly, believes that the efforts of the Auckland City Council to eradicate graffiti are “stupid”. “If they want to control it they have to [...]
Aotea Square upgrade passes first hurdle, councillors unhappy
The Aotea Square upgrade is a step closer to completion after the Auckland City Council’s Art, Culture and Recreation committee approved the draft design.
The committee made the decision based on feedback from over 1000 people, who had their say during a public consultation period in July.
Committee chairperson, Councillor Greg Moyle, says, “It was interesting to [...]
What next for Aotea Square Markets?
The axing of Aotea Square market has caused a rift between city councillors as they prepare for the square’s $21 million revamp.
The market will be forced to close during the two-year redevelopment, and the head of the square’s redevelopment committee, Greg Moyle, says there will be no place for a market in the new square.
“We [...]
“Rats with wings” are putting off Aucklanders
Walking down Queen Street is bad enough - rubbish overflowing the bins and people singing and asking you for money. Now, there is another thing giving our city a bad name - pigeons.
They are disgusting, dirty, scavenger birds who are making our city look like a dump.
AUT student Stephanie Hunt describes pigeons as “rats [...]
Auckland gets ready to celebrate its heritage
Auckland residents and visitors are invited to take part in the annual celebration of the city’s fascinating history during the 2008 Auckland Heritage Festival.
The festival, which is this year themed “sense of place”, is run by Auckland City Council as an interactive way to celebrate the city’s natural, built and social history. Over 100 [...]
Porn parade a success despite controversy
Despite the usual attempts by Auckland City Council to thwart the event, Boobs on Bikes went ahead on Wednesday, attracting nearly 100,000 spectators to Auckland’s main street.
Now in its sixth year, the controversial parade was organised by self-proclaimed porn king Steve Crow to promote the upcoming Erotica Expo, but as in other years, it [...]
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